Sexual Content in Young Adult Literature - Reading Between the Sheets

Informationen zum Autor Bryan Gillis is assistant professor of English Education and Literacy and the Undergraduate Coordinator for Middle Grades Education at Kennesaw State University. He has published several articles on linking reading and writing strategies with YA literature. Klappentext This volume examines adolescent sexuality and how it is represented in young adult literature. The authors show how sexual content in such books can contribute to a richer and more fulfilling reading experience for teens. Zusammenfassung This volume examines adolescent sexuality and how it is represented in young adult literature. The authors show how sexual content in such books can contribute to a richer and more fulfilling reading experience for teens. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsPreface1. Adolescent Identity Development2. A Brief History of Sex Education in American Schools3. Sex and the Canon4. Sexual Content in the Early Days of Young Adult Fiction (1950s-1980s)5. Sex and Romance in Dystopian Fiction6. Sexual Content in Young Adult Romance7. Sexual Content in Realistic Contemporary Young Adult Fiction8. The Censorship of Young Adult Fiction BibliographyIndexAbout the Authors

Product details

• Authors: Bryan Gillis, Bryan Simpson Gillis, Joanna Simpson
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 0 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.02.2015
• EAN: 9781442246874
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-4687-4
• No. of pages: 194
• Series: Studies in Young Adult Literature; Studies in Young Adult Literature
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's & Young Adult Literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Children's & teenage literature studies, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form